Aromatherapy Recipes - Part 6

Homemade Facial Night Cream

3 Tablespoon lanolin
1 Tablespoon sunflower oil
1 Tablespoon almond oil
1 teaspoon lavender essential oil

Melt the lanolin in a double boiler, or in a bowl over a pot of boiling water.
Add the sunflower and almond oil. Beat well to combine.
Remove from the heat and let it cool.
Beat as the mixture thickens, then stir in the lavender essential oil.
Pour into a small jar and cool completely before closing the lid.

Unpetroleum Jelly

This product is a wonderful substitute for petroleum jelly and use anywhere you need a skin lubricant.

½ cup sweet almond oil (other oils can be substituted such as sunflower, avocado, etc)
1oz beeswax

Melt beeswax in microwave, stir in sweet almond oil. Stir until cool.

Rose and Violet Perfume

4½oz rosewater
3oz violet water
5 drops rose essential oil
4 drops violet essential oil
3oz vodka

Mix all ingredients together. Pour in pretty bottle with stopper.

Lavender Hand Cream

Combine:
1 cup sorbolene cream
1 Tablespoon warm water
2 Tablespoon glycerine
1—2 Tablespoon lavender essential oil

Stir in 2—3 drops eucalyptus oil. Pack in a clean glass bottle and decorate with raffia, a pretty ribbon or flowers.

Sunburn Comfort

Mix:
10—15 drops lavender essential oil
2 drops German chamomile essential oil
1oz jojoba oil

Apply to skin as needed.

Rich Hand Cream

177mls (¾ cup) sweet almond oil
80mls (⅓ cup) coconut oil or cocoa butter
5mls (1 teaspoon) lanolin
14g (½oz) grated beeswax

Melt ingredients together over a low heat and cool to room temperature. When cool, add 160mls (⅔ cup) rosewater, 118mls (½ cup) aloe vera gel, and 1—2 drops rose blend essential oil, 5drops vitamin E oil.
Whip all ingredients to a smooth consistency. Store in a sterile covered jar.

Children’s All Natural Bug Repellent
In a misting spray bottle add 2—4 drops tea tree
oil and 3—6 drops lavender essential oil. (Less drops for very young children, more drops for older children) close and shake in order to blend oils and create a synergetic blend. Then add 3oz distilled water and 1oz witch hazel. Avoid eyes and mouth when misting. Reapply every other hour in very hot weather.

Toothache Relief

Dab 1—5 drops of clove oil* (a powerful antiseptic) onto a cotton ball and place over painful tooth or gums. It will numb the area. Giving temporary relief. (Clove oil is rich in eugenol; dentists use eugenol as a local anesthetic.)

Waterproof and Leather Softener

1oz beeswax
8oz petroleum jelly

Melt the ingredients in a microwave or double boiler. Brush the hot mixture onto the lether and allow it to penetrate. If possible. Place the item in hot sun. Polish the leather with a cloth to remove excess waterproofing.

Perfume—Recipe 2

2oz vodka
1 teaspoon glycerine
60 drops scented oil
Small decorative bottle
Funnel
Wide mouth jar

Mix all ingredients in wide mouth jar. With funnel pour mixture into decorative bottle.

Petroleum Jelly

Petroleum jelly is easy to make and it is an ingredients of many other products. Naturalists may substitute a natural oil, such as sweet almond oil for the baby or mineral oil to create a “un-petroleum jelly”.

½ cup baby or mineral oil
1oz beeswax

Melt the beeswax in a microwave or a double boiler. Stir in the mineral oil. Remove the mixture from the heat and stir until cool.

Solid Perfume Pots

2oz beeswax
3oz Shea butter or apricot oil
4oz olive oil
Up to 1oz of essential oil of choice
Lip balm containers or small jars

These perfume pots are great for travelling or keeping in your bag. If you can not obtain Shea butter, then substitute the 3oz of Shea butter with 1 extra oz of beeswax and 2oz of either a massage oil base like apricot oil or use olive oil.
Start by melting the beeswax and Shea butter down in a double boiler method. Once the beeswax is melted add all the oils together including the scent you have chosen to use.
Now add the mixture to small lip balm pots or miniature jam jars.

This recipe makes 9oz of solid perfume.

Sunburn Treatment

Lavender is a classic treatment for burns—antiseptic and soothing.

Treatment 1:
250mls spring water
20 drops lavender essential oil

Treatment 2:
5mls aloe vera gel
5 drops lavender essential oil

Sunburn Mist

Add the following oils to 2 fluid ounces of distilled water
9 drops lavender essential oil
2 drops peppermint essential oil
1 drop spearmint essential oil

Mist lightly over sunburned skin.

Rose Spritz

150ml spring water
¼ cup witch hazel
½ teaspoon glycerine
10 drops rose geranium essential oil
5 drops rosewood essential oil
5 drops palmarosa essential oil

Mix all ingredients together into a 200mls spray bottle. Shake well before each use. Spray onto face and neck.